Toots Thielemans 1960s-1970s What happened in the 1960's? In the 1960s he performed on television with Peggy Lee. In 1969 he recorded "Honeysuckle Rose Aquarela Do Brasil" with singer Elis Regina
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A jazz standard by Toots Thielemans is his own composition, "Bluesette," which he performed on harmonica or while playing the guitar and whistling in unison. He said, "If there's a piece of music that describes me, it's that song." First recorded by him in 1962, with lyrics added by Norman Gimbel, the song became a major worldwide hit. It has since been covered by over one hundred artists., Toots also wrote the beautiful ballad Lady Fingers which appeared on Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass best selling album Whipped Cream And Other Delights.  He worked both as a bandleader and as a sideman, including many projects with composer/arranger Quincy Jones. In the 1960s he performed on television with Peggy Lee. In 1969 he recorded "Honeysuckle Rose Aquarela Do Brasil" with singer Elis Regina and performed with her on Swedish television special.  During his career he performed on many film soundtracks, such as The Pawnbroker (1964), Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Getaway (1972), Turkish Delight (1973), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Sugarland Express (1974), The Yakuza (1974), Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), The Wiz (1978), Jean de Florette (1986), and French Kiss (1995). His theme to the popular Sesame Street television show was heard for 40 years.  His music was heard on the Belgian television series Witse, and in the Netherlands, for the Baantjer program. He composed the music for the 1974 Swedish film Dunderklumpen!, in which he also provided the voice of the animated character Pellegnillot. His whistling and harmonica playing was heard on Old Spice commercials in the 1960s. He played harmonica on "Night Game" on Paul Simon's 1975 album Still Crazy After All These Years. CANNOTANSWER
During his career he performed on many film soundtracks, such as The Pawnbroker (1964),
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar, whistling skills, and composing. According to jazz historian Ted Gioia, his most important contribution was in "championing the humble harmonica", which Thielemans made into a "legitimate voice in jazz". He eventually became the "preeminent" jazz harmonica player.

His first professional performances were with Benny Goodman's band when they toured Europe in 1949 and 1950. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1951, becoming a citizen in 1957. From 1953 to 1959 he played with George Shearing, and then led his own groups on tours in the U.S. and Europe. In 1961 he recorded and performed live one of his own compositions, "Bluesette", which featured him playing guitar and whistling. In the 1970s and 1980s, he continued touring and recording, appearing with musicians such as Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Werner, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Mina Mazzini, Elis Regina, Quincy Jones, George Shearing, Natalie Cole, Billy Joel, Paul Simon and Paquito D'Rivera.

Among the film soundtracks that Thielemans recorded are The Pawnbroker (1964), Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Getaway (1972), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Sugarland Express (1974) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). His harmonica theme song for the popular Sesame Street TV show was heard for 40 years. He often performed and recorded with Quincy Jones, who once called him "one of the greatest musicians of our time." In 2009 he was designated a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor for a jazz musician in the United States.

Early years
Thielemans was born in Brussels on 29 April 1922. His parents owned a café. He began playing music at an early age, using a homemade accordion at age three. During the German occupation of Belgium beginning in 1940, he became attracted to jazz, but was then playing on full-size accordion or a harmonica, which he taught himself to play in his teens.

After being introduced to the music of Belgian-born jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt, he became inspired to teach himself guitar, which he did by listening to Reinhardt's recordings. At the time he was a college student majoring in math. By the war's end in 1945, he considered himself a full-time musician. He said in 1950, "Django is still one of my main influences, I think, for lyricism. He can make me cry when I hear him." During an interview in 1988, he recalled, "I guess I was born at the right time to live and adapt and be touched by the evolution in the jazz language."

He played in two Silverio Pisu's stories: Giacomino passerotto vagabondo and Manolo gattino sognatore.

Career

1940s–1950s

In 1949 he joined a jam session in Paris with Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach and others. He first heard the faster bebop style of jazz from records by Parker and Dizzy Gillespie after they had reached Belgium after the war.  They became his musical "prophets." As his small collection of jazz records grew, the music of Benny Goodman and Lester Young began to impress him the most.

During a visit to the U.S. in 1948, an agent of Benny Goodman heard him play at a small New York music club. Not long after he returned to his home in Belgium, he received a letter inviting him to join Goodman's band while they toured in Europe. He readily accepted the invitation and joined their tours in 1949 and 1950. During the tour, Goodman was "shocked" when he learned that these tours were the first time Thielemans had earned money from his playing. Although Thielemans was hired on as a guitarist, when Goodman's group debuted at the London Palladium, he played the harmonica due to union restrictions.

During those years, he also made his first record with fellow band member, tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims. In 1951 he toured with singer-songwriter and compatriot Bobbejaan Schoepen, performing strictly as a guitarist.

Thielemans moved to the United States in 1952 where he was a member of Charlie Parker's All-Stars and worked with Miles Davis and Dinah Washington.  In 1957 he became a U.S. citizen. From 1953 to 1959 he played guitar and harmonica with the George Shearing Quintet. With Shearing, he added whistling to his repertoire.  While playing in Hamburg in 1960 on tour with Shearing, a young musician and observer —John Lennon— noticed that Thielemans played a Rickenbacker guitar. Lennon was impressed, and felt he had to have an American guitar, on the principle that "if was good enough for Thielemans it was good enough for me." Lennon and the Beatles helped make Rickenbacker world-famous.

In 1955, Thielmans he recorded his first album as a band leader, "The Sound." During the 1950s, Thielemans had dominated the "miscellaneous instrument" category in Down Beat magazine's poll. Jerry Murad, of Jerry Murad's Harmonicats recalls Thielemans's mastery:

From 1959 on he toured internationally with his small group along with intermittently recording in the studio. He recorded with singers and musicians including Ella Fitzgerald, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Stephane Grappelli, J.J. Johnson, Oscar Peterson, Shirley Horn, Joe Pass, and jazz pianist Bill Evans, among others. Thielemans says that his recording with Evans's trio, Affinity, (1979) was one of his favorites.

1960s–1970s

Toots Thielemans wrote "Bluesette," a jazz standard, which he performed on harmonica or while playing the guitar and whistling in unison. He said, "If there's a piece of music that describes me, it's that song." First recorded by him in 1962, with lyrics added by Norman Gimbel, the song became a major worldwide hit. It has since been covered by over one hundred artists. Toots also wrote the ballad "Lady Fingers," which appeared on Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass's album "Whipped Cream and Other Delights."

He worked both as a bandleader and as a sideman, including many projects with composer/arranger Quincy Jones. In the 1960s he performed on television with Peggy Lee. In 1969 he recorded "Honeysuckle Rose Aquarela Do Brasil" with singer Elis Regina and performed with her on Swedish television special.

During his career he performed on many film soundtracks, such as The Pawnbroker (1964), Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Getaway (1972), Turkish Delight (1973), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Sugarland Express (1974), The Yakuza (1974), Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), The Wiz (1978), Jean de Florette (1986), and French Kiss (1995). His theme to the popular Sesame Street television show was heard for 40 years.

His music was heard on the Belgian television series Witse, and in the Netherlands, for the Baantjer program. He composed the music for the 1974 Swedish film Dunderklumpen!, in which he also provided the voice of the animated character Pellegnillot. His whistling and harmonica playing was heard on Old Spice commercials in the 1960s. He played harmonica on "Night Game" on Paul Simon's 1975 album Still Crazy After All These Years.

1980s and later

During the early 1980s Thielemans was a guest a number of times on Late Night with David Letterman. He has performed with the bassist Jaco Pastorius, and in 1983 he contributed to Billy Joel's album An Innocent Man, in the song, "Leave A Tender Moment Alone." (The two later collaborated on this selection in concert, and this was recorded on video.) A year later, he appeared on the Julian Lennon song "Too Late for Goodbyes" from the album Valotte.

In 1984, he recorded with Billy Eckstine on the singer's final album (I Am a Singer), featuring ballads and standards arranged and conducted by Angelo DiPippo. In the 1990s, Thielemans embarked on theme projects that included world music. In 1998 he released a French-flavoured album titled Chez Toots featuring guest singer Johnny Mathis.

During those years, he often recorded songs as personal tributes to those who were influential during his career. On Chez Toots, for example, he included "Dance For Victor," which he dedicated to his sometimes keyboard accompanist, Victor Feldman. Similarly, he recorded "Waltz for Sonny" as a tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins. In June 1998, at Germany's Jazzbaltica, he paid tribute to Frank Sinatra who died a month earlier. And during the first Caspian Jazz and Blues Festival in Azerbaijan in 2002, he performed his recorded version of "Imagine," his tribute to its writer, John Lennon.

Thielemans was well liked for his modesty and kind demeanor in his native Belgium, and was known for describing himself as a Brussels "ket," which means "street kid" in old Brussels slang.

Honours and awards
Thielemans received a joint honorary doctorate from the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. In 2001, he was raised into the Belgian nobility by King Albert II and created Baron Thielemans for life, this in recognition of his contribution to music. Herewith, he chose the motto Be yourself, no more no less.

In 2006, Thielemans was honoured by an all-star tribute concert for him at Carnegie Hall. Pianist Herbie Hancock and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera were among the performers. In 2009, he was awarded the highest U.S. honour that can be accorded to a jazz musician, the distinction of "Jazz Master," by The National Endowment for the Arts.

Honours 
 Created "Baron Thielemans" by Royal Order.
 Commander of the Order of Leopold
 Knight of the Order of Leopold II
 Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters

A Brussels metro station under the Avenue de Stalingrad/Stalingradlaan is to be named after the musician.

Later life
He was nominated for the title of the Greatest Belgian in 2005. In the Flemish version, he finished in 20th place, and in the Walloon version he came 44th. On 23 January 2009, he joined guitarist Philip Catherine on stage at the Liberchies church (Belgium) in memory of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Django Reinhardt. In 2012, the Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts in New York celebrated Thielman's 90th birthday with, among others, Herbie Hancock, Eliane Elias, and Kenny Werner. He performed for the occasion and left the stage standing among his friends.

Because of health issues that led to show cancellations, Thielemans announced his retirement on 12 March 2014, cancelling all scheduled concerts. He was also hospitalized for a broken arm.  His manager stated that Thielemans "wants to enjoy the rest he deserves."  However, he did make one more stage appearance, unannounced, in August 2014, at the Jazz Middelheim Festival in Antwerp.

Death
Thielemans died in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium, at the age of 94.

After the announcement, the Netherlands-based jazz and pop orchestra Metropole Orkest, along with American musician Quincy Jones, performed at London's Royal Albert Hall in Thielemans' honor. Another concert was performed at the Grand Place, Brussels.

Thielemans was buried on 27 August 2016 in La Hulpe, just outside Brussels. Pianist Kenny Werner read a personal message from U.S. President Barack Obama for his widow, Huguette. It read: "Dear Huguette. I was deeply saddened when I heard about your husband's passing. I hope that shared memories will soften your suffering. Lift faith from the support of friends and family. Know that you will be in my thoughts for the next days. May Toots' music lead you and offer you consolation. I'm sure it will do this for all of us."

Toots Thielemans Collection 
In December 2016, the Music Division of the Royal Library of Belgium acquired the Toots Thielemans Collection. The collection consists of hundreds of sound recordings (78 rpm, vinyl records and CDs) and thousands of documents, such as photographs, press articles, scores, letters and concert programmes.

Discography

As leader
 The Sound (Columbia, 1955)
 Man Bites Harmonica (Riverside, 1958)
 Time Out for Toots (Decca, 1958)
 The Soul of Toots Thielemans with Ray Bryant (Signature, 1960)
 The Romantic Sounds of Toots Thielemans (MGM, 1962)
 The Whistler and His Guitar (ABC-Paramount, 1964)
 Too Much! Toots! (Philips, 1965)
 Contrasts (Command, 1966)
 Toots (Command, 1968)
 Yesterday and Today with Svend Asmussen (A&M, 1973)
 Toots Thielemans/Philip Catherine & Friends (Keytone, 1974) [reissued with 2 bonus tracks as Two Generations (Limetree, 1996)]
 Captured Alive (Choice, 1974)
 Affinity with Bill Evans (Warner Bros., 1979)
 The Guitar Session with Gene Bertoncini (Inner City, 1981)
 Slow Motion (Jazz Man, 1981)
 Live (Inner City, 1982)
 Live 2 (Inner City, 1982)
 Live 3 (Inner City, 1982)
 Live in the Netherlands (Pablo, 1982)
 Bringing It Together with Stephane Grappelli (1984)
 Only Trust Your Heart (Concord Jazz, 1988)
 Apple Dimple (Denon, 1990)
 For My Lady with Shirley Horn (EmArcy, 1991)
 Footprints (EmArcy, 1992)
 The Brazil Project (Private Music, 1992)
 The Brazil Project Volume 2 (Private Music, 1993)
 Do Not Leave Me (Milan, 1994)
 East Coast West Coast (Private Music, 1994)
 Chez Toots (Private Music, 1998)
 The Live Takes Volume 1 (Narada, 2000)
 Toots Thielemans and Kenny Werner (Verve, 2001)
 One More for the Road (Verve, 2006)

As sideman
With John Denver
 Aerie (RCA Records, 1971)
 Farewell Andromeda (RCA Records, 1973)
With Eliane Elias
 Illusions (Denon, 1986)
 Bossa Nova Stories (Blue Note Records, 2008)
With Bill Evans
 Affinity (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
With Michael Franks
 Passionfruit (Warner Bros. Records, 1983)
With Dizzy Gillespie
 Digital at Montreux, 1980 (Pablo, 1980)
With Peggy Lee
 Blues Cross Country (Capitol Records, 1962)
 Somethin' Groovy! (Capitol Records, 1967)
With Urbie Green
 The Fox (CTI, 1976)
With Shirley Horn
I Remember Miles (Verve, 1998)
With Billy Joel
 An Innocent Man (Columbia Records, 1983)
With James Taylor
 James Taylor at Christmas (Columbia Records, 2006)
With Melanie
 Gather Me (Neighborhood Records, 1971)
 As I See It Now (Neighborhood Records, 1975)
With Brook Benton
 Brook Benton Today (Atlantic Records, 1970)
With Sheena Easton
 No Sound But a Heart (EMI, 1987)
With Diane Schuur
 Love Songs (GPR, 1993)
With Quincy Jones
 Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Mercury Records, 1964)
 Walk, Don't Run (Mainstream Records, 1966)
 You've Got It Bad Girl (A&M Records, 1973)
 Mellow Madness (A&M Records, 1975)
 The Dude (A&M Records, 1981)
With Sarah Vaughan
 Songs of The Beatles (Atlantic Records, 1981)
With Fumio Karashima
 Rencontre (Polydor Records, 1999)
With Natalie Cole
 Stardust (Elektra Records, 1996)
With James Last
 Theme from Der Landarzt (Polydor Records, 1987)
With Joe Lovano
 Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination Edition Two (Blue Note Records, 2001)
With Jaco Pastorius
 Word of Mouth (Warner Bros. Records, 1981)
With Oscar Peterson
 The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (Pablo, 1975)
 Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (Pablo, 1980)
With George Shearing and Dakota Staton
 In the Night (Capitol Records, 1958)
With Elis Regina
 Honeysuckle Rose Aquarela Do Brasil (Phillips, 1969)
With Julian Lennon
 Valotte (Atlantic Records, 1984)
With Pat Metheny
 Secret Story (Geffen, 1992)
With George Shearing
 Latin Affair (Capitol Records, 1958)
With Paul Simon
 Still Crazy After All These Years (Columbia Records, 1975)
With Jay Anderson
 Local Color (DMP, 1994)

References

Further reading
 Leonard, Vince. "Math Dropout Thielemans Scores With Jazz Harmonica". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 28 October 1978.
 Herdies, Rita. "Profile: Toots Thielemans". The Rotarian. June 1993.
 Hall, Fred. "Seventy and Still Swinging: A Love for Performing Keeps These Jazz Greats as Ageless as Their Music". The Rotarian. March 1995. pp. 14 - 17.

External links
 
 
 Official MySpace page
 NEA Jazz Masters
Toots Thielemans Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2005)

1922 births
2016 deaths
20th-century guitarists
20th-century Belgian musicians
21st-century guitarists
21st-century Belgian musicians
Barons of Belgium
Bebop harmonica players
Belgian emigrants to the United States
Belgian expatriates in the United States
Belgian jazz guitarists
Belgian jazz harmonica players
Brazilian jazz (genre) harmonica players
Jazz harmonica players
Latin jazz harmonica players
Mainstream jazz harmonica players
Musicians from Brussels
People from Uccle
Private Music artists
Riverside Records artists
Whistlers
EmArcy Records artists
Přírodní park Třebíčsko (before Oblast klidu Třebíčsko) is a natural park near Třebíč in the Czech Republic. There are many interesting plants. The park was founded in 1983.

Kobylinec and Ptáčovský kopeček

Kobylinec is a natural monument situated ca 0,5 km from the village of Trnava.
The area of this monument is 0,44 ha. Pulsatilla grandis can be found here and in the Ptáčovský kopeček park near Ptáčov near Třebíč. Both monuments are very popular for tourists.

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In the natural park there are some interesting ponds such as Velký Bor, Malý Bor, Buršík near Přeckov and a brook Březinka. Dams on the brook are examples of European beaver activity.

Syenitové skály near Pocoucov

Syenitové skály (rocks of syenit) near Pocoucov is one of famed locations. There are interesting granite boulders. The area of the reservation is 0,77 ha.

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